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Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

walk as il you were conscious that your
body has soul in 1t.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

Il turn-styIe- The ia shion Of wearing CUTS
among impecuniOns dudes.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

III cough disinrha your sseep. take Pis0sS
Cure tor Consumption and rest well.
Martinsburg gazette. (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1886-1887, 1887-01-07

The definition Of sduder in Webster,s new
edition viii besimply 20.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

to be put upin the spring, commence to furnish an output of of bullion Il will attract suil grester attention here, and the thing for the miners to do IS to put forth all their energies m developing ther properties. A good property reasonably developed can be marketed while a mere prospec, will be passed by. Another fealure of mining. new to this country, apparently. has been developed recently, which is the leasing of proper ties similar 10 the system so much m vogue Tn Colorado and through which a large number of mining properties there have been developed. A number of properties have been leased here during the past month on the Colorado plan.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14
DELINQUENT TAXES.

Tax payers are notified, that under the Tsxas code, nov in opperation IT. Arzons, the board of supervisors have no power to extend the time for paymen, of taxes as has been done heretofore. Secton 26S4 says "On the thTd Monday of December n each year the tax collector shall, Il the close of his otl- cal business on that day, enter upon the duplicate assessment roll a staitemeri lh1. he has made levy upon all prol er,y thsrein assessed, the taxes upon which nave not been pad and enable tbe tax collector to make out sad list, no taxes shall be received by hin on the duplicate assessment roll after the SECOND MONDAY of Decem- her.
 Under the wording of the last clause Of the above SC, ton the isx collector Is prohibited from receiving taxes from last Monday, that being the second Monday of 2 ecem5er but under the provisions of the first paragraph, taken in connection sith other potion of the Texas oode, taxes will be received up to and on Monday, December I9;h, on which day the levy upon property will be made ard the delinquent list made out
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

Not having been favored with copy of Postmaster General Vilas' annual re- repoit, we are not acquainted with its contents, and do not know what he says in it. Some of our democratic ex- changes are boosting" il up as re markable showing for a democratic ad- ministr.t,on, and state that the post office department is self-sustaining. We do net know the figures on Mir Villas balance sheet, but this we do know. that ince the democratic administration took charge of the government we have had the VilasO postal service m the history of the courtry for the last quar- ter of century particularly so Tn the west. If rhe postal service cnjoyed at present is not self-sustaining we do not know what else the administration has to hang on for a record. Los An geles, with a population of 10000 peo- pie, is struggling along with postal fa- cilities for 3o,ooo. San Diego IS in similar condition, the employees of the DO toffice there being weeks behind with their work. It is almost ar imposibIlIty to get a letter there from the general de- livery window. Boxes are not to be had for love or money. and even regis tered mail has been known to lie there for a week b. fore the party to whom it was addressed could get II. As for newspaper mail, the employees do not take thst Into consideration, and sub scribers of the JoURNaL-MINER, there, write that they seldom re- eive paper, although large number of copies re mailed from lhi, cffice every week. It evidently seems 10 be the aim of the IT, minIsustion to make a financial reco d, regardless of the accommodations fur nished ihe public, The democratic party never was credited with beirg party of any great progressive ideas, and lhe pestoiice branch of il finds 1t impossible to keep up with he pr g less now being made Tn southern Cali fornia. What Is true of Los Ang, les and San Diego IS also true of numer us ether towns in the southern part of that State Tn which there has been 'ge irf Aux of population. But, coming to our own loved Ar.zons, the mail servioe is not only exeorahle, but II Is abomina' .le tither through the employment ci totally incompetent corps Of route agt Is, or of tCo small force on the railro ids running through the territory. 1t IS mt rare. but almost daily occurrence, hat mail is received from an opposite dlrec- ton from the point where i, IS mai ed. Mail bags from the east come from the west, and vice versa, being carried past their destination, either, as stated, by overworked, or incompetent employees. The American people are not D. nu- rious class, and if Mir. Villas wants to make a record, he can do it better, by giving us good, accommodating postal facilities, rather than by an attemp, to make both ends of his appropriation meet.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14
q Valuable invention.

A correspondent of the Baltimore Sun thus describes the electric typewriter, which promises to rival to some extent the telephone
 The instrument, m appearance, some what resembles an ordinary mechanical typewriter. It has keyboard and the types are placed op steel bars. which play upon a common center, as is the case with the typewriter. The motive power is electricity. by means of which evenness of action is assured. No mat ter how heavily or how lightly the keys are struck, the impression on the paper IS the same A remarkable feature of the invention used as a typewriter IS that the carriage moves automatically both forward and backward. When ths end of the line Is reached the carriage returns to the starting point without the aid of the operator, and the paper bar moves one notch, SO that all IS required Of the operator is to depress the keys. The most important field for the new ln- vention is said 10 be in connection with the telegraph. It IS said at the patent office that the instrument can be used both as uansmi,ter and receiver of intelligence over single wire, no matter how great the distance may be The receiving instrument does not require the attendance of an operator, but p'int' the dispatch automatically. The instru- ment at both ends of the line print the dispatch sent, and so a safeguard against mistakes IS provided. It is claimed that the electric typewriter will be valuable as local aid to business, and offers many advantages over the telephone. One advantage claimed for it IS that no matter whether person called up IS at his place of business or not the message can be printed through the medium of his typewriter, and will be there for pc rusal on hts return. The di patches printed are in letter form, and net an endless tape. The instrupen;-s -sh,ch has been christeoed the 6ynamogrsph, IS considered by patent office officials to be one of the g.eatest inventions upon which pateGt, have been issued. The electricians do not stin, their praise, and are positive that the machine wili greatly simplify business inter-oommunicalion -Ex.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14
The attempt of the New York Herald,

The attempt of the New York Herald, To blacken the reputation of ,rIzona m,nes, through a falsely oolored report "f a Colorado mining expert in reference to the Tortilita group of mines in Pinal coun ty seems to rec i've hearty lndoresment from a spail portion of the press of this territory. The great trouble with the Herald and its co-adjutors in this te' rl'o- ry, is they do not seen 10 be able to dis crimina;e between the merits of mine and the demerts of stock job speoula ton. Ii instead of general onsla ught and attack against Arizona mines the Herald had confined its criticisms t. the stock joobers of its own city, it would have come nearer to the truth. We are not interested m the Tortiita mines and never expect to be, bu. we have gen eral interest in the prosperity of Arizona. Its prosperity to large degree is due to and depends on its mining industries. It has a large number of dividend pay ing mines They may not appear on the stock boArd of New York, as such. Very many ol them are owned by private in dlviduals or corporations who do not peddls them cut in shares. They are recening handsome dividends and are satisfied. We are reliably informed that the Tor,ii,a mines are among the num- Der. That they have paid from the grass roots down. Wells, Fargo < Co.'S. books, Of Tucson. showa constant shipment of bul hon. The plant for crushing and re- ducing the ore is small one-a five stamp mill although the property, il IS said, would justify larger plant. The vein IS not a large one and as recently stated by the Tucson Citizen the fault IS not with the mine but with the stock job bers of New York While 1t contains mer- ii Il was tried to float it or the stock market at ten times l.s real value. Will the New York Herald do Arizona the justice of correcting the erroneous state ment m reference to this territory and turn its bst,eries loose on the stock job bing vultures of Wall street9
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14
THE TEXAS CODE.

Under the Texas code, adopted by the late democratic Legislature Of Ari- zona, the publicity heretofore given to sheriff's sale, by the publication in news papers, is dispensed with. Instead Of the property beng advertised, as in nearly every state and terTItory in the union, inviting competition in bids, gIv- ing the debtor chance of realizing, or ms property. under our Texas code in :oice at present, if the sheriff posts a few notices up ID out of the way places, where they will attract TO ones atten- tion, the requirements of the law have been compiled with A sale took place on Tuesday, under these circumstances .of which there were probably nota dozen residents of the county cogniZant until after il was over. Another notice of sale is posted 10 take place at an early day and Ii is safe 10 say that not halt dozen people in the vicinity of where the property 10 be sold IS located, knows of fl. Of course the plaintiff m the action doe and will probably be the sole bidder; will ge; the propery at his own prics probably, bidding enough to cover the expense of the sale, and will receive enough property to hquidate the in- debtedness and stiIl leave the poor debtor as deeply in debt as beto'e. Property to be sold under foreclosure should De advertised n the most public manner, as II not infrequently happens that where competitor car be obtalned a suffi tent sum can be realized 10 meet the lianiii,ics against | and leave a sur plus for the dettor. "Down with the Texas code" should be the war cry of the next campaign irrespective of party.
 Another feature of The code, ascer- taiued S.nce the above was in type, k, that in case of snerifs sale there IS no provision allowed for redemption of property. Heretofore. in this territory, and at present in every stateand territory Of the union, except Texas and Aizona. a poor man who gets into .te clutches ot oiyil law and hs- bis property sold under execution, IS allowed SIX months in which to redeem. Under the requirements Of this code. ho~ever, which has been foisted on the people, the sheriff is re quired to make deed the day of the sale and the transfer becomes as absolute as though the property were sold with ,hs full consent of the owner.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14
The Latest idiocy.

Cats are the favori;e 'ets al present and this caprice dates from Luchun. where French women weis cauying lntle kittens about during the la'e sea- son. They are now carried about m little bahu' on top of the hustle, and will, 1t Is propbesied, occupy the inside of the big mufs that are about to appear. The ecoentricIiieS of Princess Isabesd de Beauvois has much to do with this notion. In her pocket there is usualy kiten and m her muff - earned siithrough the fall and decorated w,h artificial flower and ribbons-thefe IS one, and often more than one pug or pup of some kind. for the accommodation of which animal il IS very evident that the huff is taken about.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

The joURNAL-MIYER has no pecunl- ary interest in the advertising of sheriff $ sales, as during the five years manage ment of the writer | has not had over one a year Unfortunately for ii, the politics of the sheriff. during that time have been of the opposite faith to 1t, and the pat. .onage has been given 10 the dem ociatic paper. Bot writing solely in ,he interest of the cettor, We claim that II Is an outrage that property sold under ex- ecution by the sheriff should not be ad- yeItised and competition invited in ns purchase. And not only this, but the provision doing away with the redemption clause is a greater outrage l. is not a rare occurrence that an unfortunate IT, aividual about to be sold out by the sheriff can interest friends in his behalf to purchase the property 1T he has notice of lhe sale Under the present law party living in d remote part Of the county can ce sold out without his knowl- edge ot the date of saie, and after once sold there is % redress. there being no redemption. Every fair-minded citizen can uo, but see the great injustice of the Texas code in this respect.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

OnF oortompor4-1 this morning speaks o. the ,:iiue Q: dsmOcrstic bcndsmen making scadthe deillcat.on of fex-Couniy Treasurer l.. ! Cook The fact IS that tour 0. Air. C-ok's hondsmen are Teput- i.cans. and they seem io be coming l. the ir nt in ;he ms;ie.ss promptly as,t te the democratic oondsmen. The basis oi settlement agreed upon is that 'he boads~e,i, ;Sn n runber, pay over To tar couniy :. go. and for the balance of the det4lcstt0n he oouity vii take the resicence and furniture of Mir Cook.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14
NEWS, MoTES AND COMMENTS.

Copper has reached the S,6 co notch.
 O'l was struck at depth of 800 feet, near San Antoni while engaged in sinking an arteslan well.
 Nina Van Zlnt. says sEe expect, to see at feast four thousand people killed to avenge the death of her husband, the late Spies
 New Mexican territorial warrants are reported 10 be worth but thNty-iive cent on the dollar and difficulty Is ex- psrienced in disposing of them at that rate.
 The attaches of the New York custom house contributed $s5 .ooo to the ele, tion fund this year. This is Cleveland's civil service reform.
 The United States marshal. as reeeiv- CT, has seized the Mormon church presi- dents office, ledgers. books. etc, at Salt Lake, leaving some minor books, which he required James ick, the church GUS todian, to receipt for, as receivers agent. A train on the Michigan Central rail- way recently run from Jackson to Mich igan City, distance oi Is6 miles, in I'll minutes, making several stops. This Is reported to be the fastest time ever made on the road.
 The heaviest passenger locomotive ever turned out in Paterson vas shipped from that city the other day. It was for the Union Pacific r.ilroad and it weigh. IIa.ooo ponnds.
 Dr. Powell. who shot Editor Smith, at Redwood, Cal. few days since, has been held for murder in the fir,t degree This is contrary to Dr. PowelPs expec- tations as the killing of Smith he re garded simply as one of those things that came by his way. but the trouble is liable to be harder to get out of than he anticipated.
 The rumor that an effort looking to the annexation of Arizona to Texas since the adoption in this territory of the Texan code is probably without foundation.
 A telegram was received by the firm of w. C. Bashford & Go. ths afternoon, the information in which will be read with interest by every one interested in the progress of Arizona It was from an official source, and stated ,hst cortrol- ing interest of the Walnut Grove Water Storagecompany and the Piedmont Cattle company has been purchased by a wealthy New York syndicate, who will actively prosecute the affairs of the com pany, and greatly benefit Central Arizona under the management of C. H. Dill lingham as president, and Henry Van Beuren. secretary and treasurer.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

The mining outlook in this section ot hriz9na was never so favorable as al this ume. During he past few months quite ] number of large sales have been nego- iiatc3, and a greater number of mining
 men have yistad Pre-cou during the past month than hss during any SIX months for several yesrs Most of the investors are engaged alrendy n working their Dr7aer.;es. while athers are prepl ing to
 do so. Some of them will be unable to ua,I sprinE, but when the storms of wirtsr are over and the roads become m good condition | travel, we shall see such s mlning revival here as but iss eyer dream of As the mills now Tn course of constract.on and contemplated
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14
A peculiar case IS reported from Hazel

A peculiar case IS reported from Hazel
 Dell, III, which 1t IS stated caused no It. tie excitement. It was the apparently coming to life of Mrs. Abel, who was in her coffin ready for burial. She died, seemingly. Sunday morning. and it was intended to bury her Monday evening, bu, for some reason the funeral was de- layed. A, about Io:3o some of the mourning friends were staItled by the supposed corpse rising and sitting up in the coffin When the lady beheld the funeral garments she fainted agaln.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

was not in any familiar way, but in a quiet informal way, being casual, and was, of course, a surprise 10 us boh. l. was m OxfoId street, just where you come out of Oxford into Regent circus, and just as he turned up one slde of the circle at the head of a procession l went down lhe other side on the top of an omnibus. He Niil remember me on account of a grey coat wi;h flap pockets that l wore, as was the only person on the omnibus that had on that kind oi coat remember hin, of course, as easy as l would comet He looked quite proud and satisfied; but that is not to be won- dered st-he has good situation
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

Wonder who b5oJaer Hughes refers 10 in the :ciiosIne paragraph recently in the S,a,: "fo. the beneii; of ihe young man whois ho.5ing federal otice In Prescott ard also eNssc,sias the duties h pat as a dep;aty o: q territorial c,flce, tha, the holding oi the latter will disqualify hlm fron ,xe:c.sina the daues of h.s federal o.fice. Az executive order issued ty P.es.d.n. Grant in iS75 declares in substance that any one holil z or eN- ere.>iog any office O: ;rat under 'b- United States save pos.masters who ac- cep;ed an elective $. apPo.ntnentto any state. ,lrr.toil4 county O municipal office, would be accepted as a 'esigoa- t.on 0, such federal ofice
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

h the tartar oi teeth from skeletons O. the stone age. Mr Chatter White, Of the Odortolosi-al soeie,Y oi Great Bri- tan, has found spscsnens ot food eaten by our prehistoric ancestors 5000 years or. more ago. The fragments identified include port,ods a; corn husks. spiral vessels, from vegetables starch hnsks. fruit cells, tbe point of fish's ooth ana b!ts of wool, feathers and cartilage.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

The oharge recently maae by some exchanges that the postal ageutS, colo ncl read, seems to hass some founda- i,on n fact A paper sen; D this cthce adaIessed io parly "Gl'roy, Cal. was received yesterday returned from CIr- o:nnau w!Jh the information th-t no su,h sfSce eN.ted thlre
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14


 T. ( Heu.y, whom sur people VII remenreF 9s having once negotiated mlnlns psor>r;y m this county but be fJ,e, ,.aing possession of which became snancisily involved, stan6s good sn1N of reifil.iag portion hls lost ioriure hDenyer telegram states: Judge Brewer, o:.ae Cnaed S-ase> .oart, has rendered an op,nior TT the cas- of T C. Henry ct d .s. Travellers Insurance company, "i Ha,,f1,a. Conn. in fav'r of tte Plaln.i-i- Tie case has been peCcing two years, and involves ;ne possession Of the old Denycr Tnbune stock. now held bY be Hspublic.n, valued ' $ioo.ooo, bes.des San LoulS lands
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

!. - C LamU has been appointed a. fl the vacancy of sssociate justice oi the supreme cours and w r. II.as has been appo'rted 10 succeed Lamar, a> secretary of the interior. l. IS hoped that Mi VIlaS, successor viii give bet,eT postal iaoilui-s t1 The west tta..-.T va, gwen by the ~ 9sestv'7stef general
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14
Dull Times in Dakota.

"How are matters in Dakota nowT asked . man at the Nicolet House of a resident of the southern part of the ,er- ritory.
 Rather quiet just now.'
 "Bottom dropped out"
 Mot by long shot,"
 "What's the matter then ?"
 "I guess you don't understand what we mean when we say it's quiet in Dakota. Our resl-estate transfers reach $5oo. 900 a week, twenty business blocks are building, four murder trials are in progress. and a cyclone came sailing along the other day"
 And yet you say it's dull P
 "Yes, it IS rather quiet for all that"
 "Whst makes you call it dull ?"
 "Well, you see, we've only had one mass meeting to discuss division this week, and the town seems so like cem- eetry that I had to get away"-Minne- appolis Herald.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

Col. Nicholas Smith, son..n-law Of Horace Greeley. acted as best man al a wedding in Louis,i.l-, and charged the wealthy groom StSo for bis services. Colonel smith was one pronounced ,o be the hsn6somzs, man in the United
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

Lieutenant Casting, who has been making explorations in Mancopa counly' estina.es that ruins of an aucieit ely rener,ly unearthed by him near Tempe supported p7puizti1n of over 5oo,oco eleven centuries ago.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

4 gentleman wr-;ng iromt1e scene 'i reoen; earthquakes a: b=sispe says: ; ae sn,.re town Is de,trog. .i and many per IS ~ere Killed. L Eutbquakes have been ot da,y occurrence eNoeIt onrHs an i-,.7,.i e two weeks du'ins which :ine tae people built temporary .5sr,a, u: -.i1-e on the hills. >'roe ;as -a:.on some adobe shanues have l. IT ese-;-c, but they were soon oe- s,,vd |. pic ere v:i with terror aad az -ts',ins. Pro'isions and sup p.;,s ;-o,i5ei hy the s'a,c and private s9urcts ez lsas.ei and tae enti' C .,...i.v lsl.s..ute .i provisions aud o'.iia- -a. er'-ss -.- T. furnished s4oa .-.y n5y stare. streams "eie
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Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

The Albuquerque Democrat oilers the iolloSing very sensible suggestion; "The .rrepfesibl- Denis Kesfney has de- clared sgains, snarohY. No~ let NIT. Kearne, take bath, goto work Ike an homes. man and become good citizen.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

She was removed to a bed and doctor sent for. In about ar hour later she gave birth to a male child. The house hold, from grief vas turned into joy. The mother and child are now doing .all
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

The English press pTaises the Pnesi- dert's message for IL tone On the tarin Cuss,ion. which means Hat Ensiish money VII b1 Iut uP,o help re-elec' MT Cleyslzui nexl year.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

The question Of whether Senators should have precedence over ablnei officers is again attracting attention ID Washington society circ.es,
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

At tEo of she hospitals in Paris the death rate from ampdt uvns oi all kinds has fallen from 50 Pes cent IT ISSo to about I5 per cent Si present
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

Helena. Montana, ciaims 10 be the riches, city of i,s size in the United Ststes. Toe actual capital employed m es;abiishmerts n the oty is SIo, GOO
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1887-12-14

Winslow Is a very unhealthy place for "shoot-em-up' cowroys. Another had the top of bis head h0~n ofi "hiie try ing to shoot uD the town last week